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Lablab Bug

On May 16, 2013 · Category: Stink Bugs and Shield Bugs Tagged With: Invasive Exotics · Add Comment

Subject: What is this bug ? They’re everywhere !
Location: Kennesaw Georgia
May 15, 2013 2:29 pm
This bug has been flyin around . & they’re about the size of a lady bug, look just like tick, & they fly . There are about 15 o them flying around on my deck ! Are these harmful or just bugs ?
Signature: Devin Reilly

Lablab Bug

Hi Devin,
This is a Lablab Bug, Bean Plataspid or Kudzu Bug, Megacopta cribraria, and the bad news is that it is a recently introduced, invasive, exotic species that feeds on soybeans. The good news is that it also feeds on kudzu, another invasive exotic species of plant that has infested much of the south. The Atlanta Journal Constitution ran an article on the Lablab Bug back in 2009.

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Lychee Stink Bug Nymph from Viet Nam

On May 6, 2013 · Category: Stink Bugs and Shield Bugs Tagged With: Edible Insects: Tasty Morsels · 1 Comment

Subject: vietnam square shaped orange and grey with white stripe
Location: Thanh Hoa, Vietnam
May 6, 2013 4:02 pm
I have no idea what this is. I was told to ”be careful of this bug” but my Vietnamese friends can be overly cautious. I would love to know a little about it as I have never seen anything like it.
Thanks
Signature: Kate

Lychee Stink Bug Nymph

Dear Kate,
We suspected from your subject line that you were submitting a photograph of a Stink Bug or Shield Bug nymph in the family Tessaratomidae and we were correct. In an attempt to identify your species, we did a search and the first visual match was called a Litchi Stink Bug and we found it on FlickR. We then located an alternate spelling of the Lychee Stink Bug also on FlickR. We found a more credible identification as Tessaratoma papillosa on the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of Hong Kong website. We also found a notice that they are roasted and eaten in Thailand in Edible Insects and Associated Food Habits in Thailand by Yupa Hanboonsong.

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Shield Bug from the Philippines

On May 6, 2013 · Category: Stink Bugs and Shield Bugs · Add Comment

Subject: What’s this bug?
Location: Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines
May 6, 2013 12:48 am
Hi Bugman,
I’m from the Philippines, and spotted this colorful bug on the wall of my house last April 2013.
It was quite large measuring 2 to 3 inches.
Signature: Mano

Shield Bug

Dear Mano,
We identified your Hemipteran as a member of the genus Pycanum on Project Noah. We learned on the Heteroptera website that it is in the family Tessaratomidae.

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Harlequin Stink Bug Nymph

On May 5, 2013 · Category: Stink Bugs and Shield Bugs Tagged With: Invasive Exotics · Add Comment

Subject: Is this a variety of ladybug?
Location: San Jose East foothills
May 5, 2013 2:39 pm
I found a bunch of these as I was clearing out some alyssum and weeds next to my clemetis. It is small (about 1/8-1/4” max) looks kinda like a lady bug in shape but different markings and I wanted to know if it was beneficial or not. This was taken May 5th
Thanks!
Signature: Denise

Harlequin Stink Bug Nymph

Dear Denise,
This is the nymph of a Harlequin Stink Bug, Murgantia histrionica, a species that feeds on fluids of plants mainly in the cabbage family. You can compare your image to this photo on BugGuide.

Thank You for such a quick reply – and on a Sunday too!
Your site is great!

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Tortoise Beetle and Stink Bug Nymphs from Costa Rica

On May 3, 2013 · Category: Stink Bugs and Shield Bugs, Tortoise Beetles · Add Comment

Subject: Metallic Green Bug
Location: Northern Costa Rica
May 2, 2013 1:58 pm
I encountered these insects on the edge of the forest in Northern Costa Rica. At first I thought they were some sort of beetle, but I found the same plants also had what seem to be nymphs of the same species. Searching for some ID for them online I came up empty. My guess is some sort of shield bug.
Signature: Siggy

Tortoise Beetle: Omocerus casta

Dear Siggy,
You have two distinct insect orders represented in your request, and at least two, and possibly three different species. The “metallic green bug” is actually a Tortoise Beetle, and we believe it is in the genus Omocerus based on an image we located on The Befuddled Loris (scroll down) and verified on the Coleoptera of Costa Rica where it is identified as Omocerus casta. This same beetle can also be found on the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Discover Life.

Stink Bug Nymph

The other two creatures are Hemipteran nymphs and we believe they are different species. They are most likely Stink Bugs in the family Pentatomidae.

Stink Bug Nymph

Daniel,
Well that clarifies things a bit. I found several of each kind of the insects I sent images of in the same small area, so I thought they must be of the same species. Thanks for taking the time to respond.

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Lychee Shield Bug from India

On April 29, 2013 · Category: Stink Bugs and Shield Bugs · Add Comment

Subject: Dear Bugman
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
April 29, 2013 4:38 am
I found this beetle (I think it’s a beetle) in an sweet berry tree. It was close to a centimeter and a half in length, mostly bluish-green but pinkish-purple towards the underside of its abdomen. I know its not a June beetle because I have photographed those before. Could you identify this one for me?
Meg

Lychee Shield Bug

Dear Meg,
This is a Lychee Shield Bug or Jewel Bug, Chrysocoris stolli. There are matching photos on TrekNature and Project Noah. These are True Bugs, not Beetles. Are Sweet Berries the same as Lychees?

Lychee Shield Bug

Hey there Daniel,
Thank you so much for the ID. I hadn’t known the name of the sweet berries earlier but now I do. They’re called Jamaican cherries. Lychees are different, they have a spikey red brown shell, and white semi-transparent flesh within. Quite delicious!
Cheers,
Meg.

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Chonchuela Bug

On April 29, 2013 · Category: Stink Bugs and Shield Bugs · Add Comment

Subject: Conchuela Bug on Horse Nettle?
Location: Coryell County, central Texas
April 28, 2013 10:18 pm
This may be a stink bug family member, Conchuela Bug, or Chlorochroa ligata, on a Horse Nettle, which is a member of the nightshade family. This is a particularly unloved wild plant, since it’s toxic to livestock (and humans), and has piercing thorns as well. Apparently it isn’t toxic to all insects, however. Today was warm and mostly sunny, 80 degrees. Thank you for your help! Here’s a Bug Guide reference: http://bugguide.net/node/view/22454
Signature: Ellen

Chonchuela Bug

Hi Ellen,
Thanks for doing all the work for us on this ID. We agree with you that this appears to be a Chonchuela Bug, one of the Stink Bugs. According to BugGuide: “prefers fleshy fruits of various plants, especially agarita, balsam-gourd and mesquite; also on sage, yucca, mustards, prickly pear (Opuntia)(3), and various crops (cotton, alfalfa, corn, sorghum, grapes, peas, tomatoes, etc.); primarily a seed feeder preferring leguminous plants (once mesquite beans dry, the bugs move to more succulent plants).”

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Kudzu Bug Laying Eggs

On April 27, 2013 · Category: Eggs, Stink Bugs and Shield Bugs Tagged With: Invasive Exotics · Add Comment

Subject: Bug in Tega Cay, SC
Location: Upstate South Carolina
April 26, 2013 3:48 pm
We have a large abundance of these small ladybug sized bugs in our yard. They came out about 10 days ago and there are 100’s in our yard. Areas appear black or dotted there are so many of them. One photo is a close-up of the bug, the other is how they are scattered on the house. Can you help identify and provide some information?
Signature: Tega Cay, SC

Kudzu Bug lays eggs

This is a Bean Plataspid or Globular Stink Bug, Megacopta cribraria, which is also called a Lablab Bug. We don’t know the origin of the name Lablab Bug, but we are amused by it and that is our common name of choice for this Invasive Exotic Species. We first received a report from Georgia in 2011 of this species and learned that it was first discovered in North America in 2009. Since that time it has spread through the south. It feeds on another invasive species, the Kudzu, and according to BugGuide, which is now using Kudzu Bug as the common name of choice, it is: “the only member of its family reported from the Western Hemisphere.” BugGuide also notes: “may invade homes in large numbers and become a household pest; highly invasive species of mixed impact: it seems to prefer kudzu (a highly invasive and damaging plant), but can also become a serious pest of leguminous crops.” We have received numerous reports of Home Invasions.

Kudzu Bugs

Comment from Ted
Subject: LabLab Bug
April 27, 2013 4:18 pm
You stated you were amused by the name LabLab. I occasionally grow a beautiful asian bean that goes by the name of hyacinth bean or LabLab. I would strongly suspect this is the origin of the nickname. By the way- LabLab is particularly striking when grown together with blue Morning Glories here in Chicago. Love your site and always will even if my contributions never find their way to the web page! Your Always Faithful Reader, Ted
Signature: Ted

Thanks for the informative comment. We are troubled to learn that you have submitted identification requests or other potential website content and we haven’t ever posted anything. Much of the selection process is luck, but a catchy subject line generally gets our attention as well.

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Lablab Bug

Lychee Stink Bug Nymph from Viet Nam

Shield Bug from the Philippines

Harlequin Stink Bug Nymph

Tortoise Beetle and Stink Bug Nymphs from Costa Rica

Lychee Shield Bug from India

Chonchuela Bug

Kudzu Bug Laying Eggs

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